Bulldogs look to regroup, finish season strong

There comes a time in every football team's season where the head coach has a good idea what kind of team he has. For this season's CWC Bulldog football team, that's still trying to be ironed out in the eighth week.

There comes a time in every football team's season where the head coach has a good idea what kind of team he has. For this season's CWC Bulldog football team, that's still trying to be ironed out in the eighth week.

Preseason expectations pointed to a strong team, in which the Bulldogs have looked to be at times. But injuries, mistakes, inconsistent play and other variables have plagued the team all season.

Coach Kurt Simon came into this week telling the team that in the final two weeks, they have a chance to right the ship.

"That's what we have been telling the team all week," said Simon "We can end this season on a positive note."

Up first is the Christopher-Ziegler-Royalton Bearcats. CZR is a team that is 2-5 on the season, one win a forfeit over Elverado-Trico to open the season and their other win was over Hamilton County in week six by six points. No matter the record, Simon said that the Bearcats always put up a fight.

"They always come into our game thinking they can beat us," said Simon. "They put up a tough fight and have beat us a couple times in the past."

The dual threat that CZR brings are the running skills of Tony Hodge and Tyler Atchison.

The pair have had success against tough defenses this season. CWC must keep these two in check to have a good day.

CWC will be starting their third quarterback this season. Off of injury, senior Ryan Farr will set up under center and start for the Bulldogs.

Other shifts have been made to the lineup but, according to Simon, many packages will be in play to get the ball moving.

Simon also said that with Farr at quarterback and Dylan Ranking shouldering a majority of the offensive load, neither player will be on defense from here on out.

"We want to keep Rankin and Farr as fresh as we can, so they will play offense only," said Simon. "But our defense has been playing better over the past couple weeks so that shouldn't hurt us too bad."

So the Bulldogs come into the game Friday night ready to fight for their playoff lives, and finally find their identity. The team will also look for a spark to carry them into the postseason.